I’d been exploring ideas for a back-to-school project combining art with story telling much like a popular art journal technique, in larger scale. This project which combines a self portrait … Read More

This project takes advantage of the pretty textures that you can create with watercolor and crayon rubbings, but keeps colors from bleeding together. That’s because the buildings are cut out … Read More

Recently I’ve been experimenting with having students start their paintings with watercolors and then adding details later. 1. I demonstrated how to start their bird paintings with a small circle … Read More

I keep learning the importance of keeping new techniques simple, simple, simple, especially when working with 5 and 6-year olds. This week my afterschool watercolor class made a cityscape with … Read More